Mental Health Awareness Month: Handling Stress and Burnout in the Modern Day Workplace
05/17/23 • 45 min
Today, all of us feel the impact of stress and burnout in one way or another. It could be we feel a little extra jittery at the start of the week, or maybe it even prevents us from doing what we need to in our professional and personal lives. Regardless, we need to always try and actively combat and healthfully balance our stressors.
In Booth Andrew's career, she experienced her own burnout for years but it reached its peak when she went from a successful CEO of a $5 million non-profit, mom of 3, community leader and triathlete to unemployed, broke, divorced, severely ill and separated from her community.
Over time, Booth found the keys to balancing her stressors so that her burnout and its impact would never impact her the same way again. Booth also found sharing her story and her journey back was helpful to others in understanding they are not alone. She now runs the Knoxville, Tennessee based company, the Booth Andrews company.
On this episode of MsInterPReted, Fletcher CEO Kelly Fletcher talks with Booth about a variety of topics pertaining to balancing stress levels and burnout, including:
- Knowing your limits and respecting those boundaries
- Giving yourself permission to heal
- The physiological impacts of stress
- Dealing with trauma
- De-stigmatizing mental health
Follow Booth on:
On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/booth-andrews-69ba1a13/
On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theboothandrews/?hl=en
On Twitter: https://twitter.com/theboothandrews
Follow Fletcher Marketing PR:
On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fletcherpr/
On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Fletchermarketingpr
On Twitter: @fletcherpr
On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fletcher.pr/
Follow Kelly on Twitter: @KDFletcher
Today, all of us feel the impact of stress and burnout in one way or another. It could be we feel a little extra jittery at the start of the week, or maybe it even prevents us from doing what we need to in our professional and personal lives. Regardless, we need to always try and actively combat and healthfully balance our stressors.
In Booth Andrew's career, she experienced her own burnout for years but it reached its peak when she went from a successful CEO of a $5 million non-profit, mom of 3, community leader and triathlete to unemployed, broke, divorced, severely ill and separated from her community.
Over time, Booth found the keys to balancing her stressors so that her burnout and its impact would never impact her the same way again. Booth also found sharing her story and her journey back was helpful to others in understanding they are not alone. She now runs the Knoxville, Tennessee based company, the Booth Andrews company.
On this episode of MsInterPReted, Fletcher CEO Kelly Fletcher talks with Booth about a variety of topics pertaining to balancing stress levels and burnout, including:
- Knowing your limits and respecting those boundaries
- Giving yourself permission to heal
- The physiological impacts of stress
- Dealing with trauma
- De-stigmatizing mental health
Follow Booth on:
On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/booth-andrews-69ba1a13/
On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theboothandrews/?hl=en
On Twitter: https://twitter.com/theboothandrews
Follow Fletcher Marketing PR:
On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fletcherpr/
On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Fletchermarketingpr
On Twitter: @fletcherpr
On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fletcher.pr/
Follow Kelly on Twitter: @KDFletcher
Previous Episode
Eric Olsen: Navigating PR and Politics in the Era of Mistrust
Eric Olsen has been Senior Advisor and Communication Director for Congressman John Garamendi of California's eighth district in northern California since 2017.
Previously, he managed congressional campaigns and consulted on several presidential campaigns. His work as a senior PR communication staffer on Capitol Hill and for political campaigns has given him unique insight into the relationship between government and public relations.
He has deployed a broad array of communication tactics throughout his career to communicate the complicated and multifaceted work that takes place in our federal government. He has also worked with major broadcast outlets and media outlets, like 60 Minutes and Meet the Press, and he has managed highly-targeted PR campaigns..
Eric is a graduate of the University of California Davis with the highest honors. In his free time, he works to bring a greater level of awareness and insight into politics and how our government functions.
On this episode of MsInterPReted, CEO Kelly Fletcher and Director of Media Relations Allison Lester talk with Eric about an array of topics pertaining to the world of political communication, including:
- The relationship between politics and media
- Crafting political messages
- How to navigate the mistrust of the media as a PR professional in the world of politics
- The value of reputable and trustworthy sources
- The relationship between communication professionals of opposing parties
- The possible future of AI use in the political communication arena
- Crisis management
- The myths about the political communications field
Follow Eric on:
On LinkedIn: Eric Olsen
On Instagram: @eric_olsen4
On TikTok: @ericolsen44
Follow Fletcher Marketing PR:
On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Fletchermarketingpr
On Twitter: @fletcherpr
On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fletcher.pr/
Follow Kelly on Twitter: @KDFletcher
Next Episode
Boost Professional Impact by Mastering the Art of Business Writing
Casey Mank is co-founder of Bold Type and is a Center for Plain Language Board member. She also teaches English at Georgetown University and Virginia Commonwealth University. Casey and her company conduct workshops on writing skills, workplace communication and email etiquette.
In our digital world of communications, it is imperative that we think more strategically and holistically about how we communicate internally and externally with our business partners. Casey shares that, “no matter how good you are at your actual job, even if your actual job has nothing to do with writing, the way that you communicate with people about the work you've done impacts how they perceive your actual work.”
Writing effectively, including emailing, is such an essential skill. Casey highlights the need for more formalized training on how to do that well and what the expectations are within a company. Bold Type’s focus is very specific and they provide formalized training on workplace writing skills.
In this episode of MsInterPReted, CEO Kelly Fletcher talks with Casey about a variety of topics pertaining to effective professional writing including:
· Email etiquette
· Using plain language effectively
· Overexplaining
· The importance of a professional pause
Follow Casey Mank:
Casey's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/casey-mank/
Bold Type Website: https://www.boldtype.us
Bold Type LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/boldtype/
Bold Type Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bold__type/
Plain Language Info: https://www.plainlanguage.gov
Follow Fletcher Marketing PR:
On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fletcherpr/
On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Fletchermarketingpr
On Twitter: @fletcherpr
On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fletcher.pr/
Follow Kelly on Twitter: @KDFletcher
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